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Marvel Comics is set to celebrate Asian superheroes and creators with the release of the second edition of its “Voices: Identity” one-shot. The radical series aims to highlight the contributions of specific marginalized communities to the Marvel Universe.

This year’s edition marks the second time that Marvel is celebrating the Asian presence in comics, which coincides with the United States’ observation of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May 2022.

The debut of the first “Identity” anthology series was led by Asian artists like current Shang-Chi story writer, Gene Luan Yang, who, together with colourists Marcus To and Sunny Gho, presented an alternate tale of the Master of Kung-Fu encountering a villainous version of himself.

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Other superheroes of Asian descent like Ms. Marvel (American-Muslim), Jubilee (daughter of Chinese immigrants) and Silk (Korean-American) were also featured on the debut issue of the forward-thinking anthology series,...

It’s an on and off screen reunion for Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith and their characters when the latter guest stars in the very fun February 27 episode of The Equalizer. The actresses previously worked together in 1996’s Set It Off and 2017’s Girls Trip, while their characters’ past mission teaming up leads to some great banter. In “Legacy,” Robyn McCall turns to Smith’s master thief, Jessie Cook, when she needs help recovering a valuable painting stolen from a Black family during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Here are five things to know about the episode. Jessie’s Unpredictability Makes Her Entertaining … But Not the Best Partner “What’s the point of doing anything if you’re not going to have a little fun along the way?” Jessie asks at one point, and oh, does she have fun. She may be the best at what she does, but “she...

The Equalizer Legacy Trailer — CBS‘ The Equalizer: Season 2, Episode 10: Legacy TV show trailer has been released. Cast and crew The Equalizer stars Queen Latifah, Chris Noth, Lorraine Toussaint, Tory Kittles, Adam Goldberg, Liza Lapira, and Laya DeLeon Hayes. The Equalizer CBS TV Series Which actor is playing which character in The [...]

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This article contains Fistful of Vengeance spoilers.

“Like the Avengers…but Asian.”

When Tommy (Lawrence Kao) quips this line in a Fistful of Vengeance, it’s almost meta. Fistful of Vengeance is the feature film sequel to Netflix’s 2019 10-episode martial arts driven series Wu Assassins. It is produced in the same spirit as Fox’s Firefly and Serenity or Netflix’s own Sense8 by the Wachowskis (which also had a lot of martial arts.)

Beyond Tommy, two other Wu Assassins leads reappear in Fistful of Vengeance. Indonesian martial arts superstar Iko Uwais reprises his role as Kai Jin, the San Francisco Chinatown chef and last incarnation of the Wu Assassin, an eternal superhero warrior out to save the world. Also there’s Lu (Lewis Tan), a mere mortal like Tommy but with ridiculous Kung Fu skills. Wu Assassins was a martial arts driven show, reminiscent of AMC’s Into the Badlands,...

Newen Studios, the Paris-headquartered production and distribution group, has strengthened its strategic partnership with European producer and financier Anton as it looks to become a major player in the feature film landscape.

As part of the new agreement, Anton is giving Newen Studios a global budget of €50 million ($56.6 million) to co-invest in the distribution rights of audiovisual and film projects. Anton first partnered with Newen Studios in 2019 to co-invest in Newen’s distribution rights for the group’s productions, as well as for third-party programs, across all genres, fiction, documentary, animation.

”The extension of the agreement with Anton testifies to the successful dynamic achieved by Newen Studios,” said Romain Bessi (pictured), Newen Studios managing director, who previously had a long tenure at Canal Plus Group.

“Numerous projects have been co-financed with Anton over the past two years, and with this new partnership, our scope will now include cinema, a genre...

“Emergency” starts out fast, loose, and boisterously nasty, with two buddies at the relatively upscale Buchanan University doing that thing that buddies do best: giving each other shit just for being who they are. Kunle (Donald Elise Watkins), in his button-down shirts, with a quick tongue but a tendency to gawk, is a straight-a straight arrow who’s invested in his studies. His parents are doctors (and rather stern African immigrants), and as he works on his senior thesis, which involves bacteria specimens, he’s doing all he can to live up to their highly disciplined dreams for him. He’s a geek, but not a dull grind; he likes to party. He just believes in the future. Sean (Rj Cyler), on the other hand, with his jewelry and sexy hair and homework-what’s-that? glare, believes in the dope he’s smoking and the moment it seals him into. He loves Kunle like a brother,...

The Crawleys are back in “Downton Abbey: A New Era.” The film promises a few surprises for loyal viewers, full of the luxury and intrigue fans have come to love. From opulent weddings to splendid tennis matches, this new chapter offers a lifestyle fitting the famous family.

Many of the first film’s characters in the original series are set to return. Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Harry Hadden-Paton, David Haig, Geraldine James, Robert James-Collier, Simon Jones, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Stephen Campbell Moore, Lesley Nicol, Kate Phillips, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, and Penelope Wilton are part of the sequel.

Continue reading ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ Trailer: The Legacy Continues at The Playlist.

To celebrate the release of Clint Eastwood’s latest theatrical release Cry Macho and the new digital documentary series, Clint Eastwood – A Cinematic Legacy, celebrating Eastwood’s 50 years of filmmaking at Warner Bros., we have 2 copies of the ‘Clint Eastwood – 40 Film Collection’ to giveaway.

Clint Eastwood once again directs/produces and acts in his latest feature Cry Macho. An uplifting and poignant drama, staring Eastwood as Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption. Cry Macho will be released nationwide on 12th November 2021 by Warner Bros. Pictures.

In addition, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release Clint Eastwood – A...

Variety cover star Jeymes Samuel could not have been more ready for his big moment. The writer, director, producer and composer was suited and booted as he stepped onto the bright blue carpet for the Los Angeles launch of his wild Western “The Harder They Fall” on Wednesday night at the Shrine Auditorium.

Since the movie presents a fresh take on the dusty genre, the dress code was super fly. Samuel, stars Jonathan Majors, Regina King and Deon Cole, and the film’s producer Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter went for an “all Black everything” moment, all showing up swagged-out in head to toe onyx. Of course, absolutely everyone in attendance hoped to catch a glimpse of Beyoncé, who’d posted photos glam snaps on Instagram ahead of the screening’s start, teasing photographers and reporters into thinking she could make a red carpet appearance. (Spoiler alert: She did not. But Queen...

Netflix dropped the first official trailer on Tuesday for The Harder They Fall, revealing a brand new track from producer Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter.

Slated to have its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 6, the western comes from director Jeymes Samuel, who previously collaborated with Jay-Z on his 2017 music short Legacy starring Susan Sarandon, Ron Perlman, Emile Hirsch and Aldis Hodge. He also directed, produced and wrote the 2013 western short They Die by Dawn featuring Rosario Dawson and Giancarlo Esposito.

With an all-star cast lead by Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz and Regina King, the story follows outlaw Nat ...

Netflix dropped the first official trailer for The Harder They Fall on Tuesday, revealing a brand new track from producer Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter.

Slated to have its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 6, the Western comes from director Jeymes Samuel, who previously collaborated with Jay-Z on his 2017 music short Legacy starring Susan Sarandon, Ron Perlman, Emile Hirsch and Aldis Hodge. He also directed, produced and wrote the 2013 Western short They Die by Dawn featuring Rosario Dawson and Giancarlo Esposito.

With an all-star cast led by Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz and Regina King, the story follows outlaw Nat Love ...

Hello, dear readers! This week’s home entertainment offerings include plenty of recent horror titles for you to enjoy, plus a few cult classics as well. Rlje Films is releasing a handful of genre films from this year, including Boys from County Hell, Violation, and The Power, and if you’re looking for something to enjoy during the Halloween season, you’ll definitely want to pick up the Haunt Blu-ray as well. Francis Ford Coppola’s first film, Dementia 13, is joining the Vestron Video Collector’s Series this week, and Severin Films has put together The Dungeon of Andy Milligan Collection for fans to enjoy as well.

Other releases for September 21st include The Vigil, Night Drive, Gaia, House Monster, and Tooth Fairy: The Last Extraction.

Boys from County Hell

A crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering Father and Son, must survive the night when...

When most of us hear the word “animation,” we think of cuddly imagery from Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse cartoons. We generally don’t think about sexual assault, racism and violence.

But the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ core exhibition, “Stories of Cinema,” showcases a more problematic side of animation history. A three-gallery experience titled “Inventing Worlds and Characters” looks back at questionable imagery and tropes. Through these galleries, they are exploring animation, effects and encounters. It both exists as its own genre and encompasses every other genre such as westerns, noir, documentaries, and more. It’s also a craft that encompasses all the other crafts such as production and costume design, editing, etc.

“When you have a completely unlimited craft by the laws of physics, you can have wondrous examples of pure imagination,” says assistant curator Dara Jaffe. “Still, you also get these extremely grotesque depictions that reflect the racism of the current time.

Exclusive: Village Roadshow Pictures has inked a multi-year first-look deal with David S. Goyer’s Phantom Four Films to source, develop and produce feature films with Phantom Four’s President of Production, Keith Levine, overseeing development. Levine also will produce alongside Goyer.

As part of the deal, Phantom Four will produce a remake of the cult-classic 1975 psychological thriller The Reincarnation of Peter Proud. Sean Durkin is on board to write and direct, with Daniel Ostroff, Michael Gaeta and Alison Rosenzweig also producing. The original film is part of the library controlled by Vine Alternative Investments.

Phantom Four and Village Roadshow Pictures already had announced development of Legacy, an original action thriller from writer Tj Fixman.

“David and Keith are not only peerless producers in the genre space, they’re also excellent collaborators with great taste and relationships,” said Jillian Apfelbaum and Tristen Tuckfield, EVPs Feature Film at Village Roadshow Pictures.

Check out this unboxing of the Space Jam: A New Legacy “Tune Squad” watch from the folks at Undone.

As part of the Space Jam: A New Legacy collection, the customizable “Tune Squad” gives you the option to customize the watch by picking your favorite teammate. Choose one from our 16 Looney Tunes characters and place it at 6:00, alongside Bugs Bunny at 3:00 and LeBron James at 9:00. A semi-transparent dial with a date display offers a glimpse of the intricate mechanical quartz movement beneath. It is accentuated by the orange halo and chronograph second hand. Continuing the color scheme, it is only natural for the orange accents to be complemented with a navy blue rubber strap.

Find out more and buy yours at: https://www.undone.com/uk/watch-detail/undone-space-jam-tune-squad...

Screen Media announced today the acquisition of all rights to the documentary film Vince Carter: Legacy, which will premiere on the Crackle Plus Networks as an original title in October.

“Air Canada,” “Flying Man” and “Half-Man/Half-Amazing” were just a few nicknames attached to NBA star Vince Carter in his time with the Toronto Raptors, where he won Rookie of the Year honors with his high-flying game. Carter went on to become a Slam-Dunk Contest champion, an eight-time All Star, an Olympic gold medalist and one of the handful of players to score 51 points in a single game. He also may be the only player to ever to dunk on a 7’2″ defender by literally jumping over him.

What might be even more impressive, however, is Carter’s durability. High fly acts generally burn fast and bright, but Carter managed to play an NBA-record 22 seasons and, as his career wound down,...

Under Childhood is a column on children’s cinema—movies about and for kids.Buried beneath Looney Tunes slapstick and Warner Bros. advertisements passed as homage, the main conflict of Space Jam: A New Legacy (between a father and son who don’t share the same dreams) is a formative and necessary one. Space Jam (1996) opens with a reenactment of the 1993 press conference where Jordan announced his retirement from basketball and concludes with his return to the Chicago Bulls. But the more family-oriented Space Jam: A New Legacy is more about LeBron James as a father than as a basketball player. The successes of “King James” (the player’s nickname and Instagram handle) act as the film’s backdrop. The opening credits show James’ rise from a high school superstar growing up in poverty with a single mother to a legendary NBA player. We see his happy family of three...

Amber Heard has weathered the storm of hate and is here to stay as she begins filming for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.

“Few actresses have endured relentless online bullying and smear campaigns like Amber Heard. These attacks from a vocal group of staunch Johnny Depp stans have led to a petition (with nearly 2 million signatures) to remove her from Aquaman 2. Luckily, online petitions mean nothing, and Warner Bros. is standing by Heard.”

Read more at The Mary Sue

Is Space Jam: A New Legacy secretly a body horror movie? Not quite, but it certainly alludes to it.

“To categorize Space Jam: A New Legacy as body horror might seem like a stretch, but the unnatural transformation the Looney Tunes undergo after the movie’s villain decides to “upgrade” the 2D cartoon characters into computer-generated 3D creatures is unnerving, to say the least.”

Read more at Inverse...

Space Jam: A New Legacy has been called many things: crass commercialism on full display, a soul-sucking trek through Warner Bros.’ stable of intellectual property, an underwhelming family film. But now a confusing new descriptor is being lobbied against the sequel: “not Space Jam.” Joe Pytka, who directed the original 1996 movie, has been against the […]

The post ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Under Attack By Original ‘Space Jam’ Director appeared first on /Film.

Appropriately, considering one of the key attractions of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures are Dorothy’s infamous ruby-red shoes, the museum’s official opening screening September 30 will be The Wizard of Oz accompanied by the American Youth Symphony conducted by David Newman.

But there is much more both before and after the museum’s public unveiling at the end of September. The Academy has unveiled a slew of discussions, programs and 115 screenings over the course of the first three months after the doors open on the Los Angeles venue. Other movie-oriented events will include Oscar Sundays featuring Oscar-honored films, and “Oscar Frights” with movies like Get Out and Psycho. Spike Lee and Denzel Washington will be on hand for a 70Mm screening of Malcolm X. A program of movies featuring women composers is also on tap, and are retrospectives of filmmakers Jane Campion and Satyajit Ray among many others.

Netflix’s one-and-done superhero drama Jupiter’s Legacy topped Nielsen’s U.S. streaming rankings for May 10 to 16.

The show’s eight episodes racked up a bit more than 1 billion total minutes of viewing, easily outpacing Startup, whose three seasons yielded 760 million minutes of viewing.

Nielsen measures only viewing on a TV screen of shows from Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video, with nearly a one-month delay by arrangement with the streaming services.

Last week, Deadline exclusively reported that Netflix will turn Mark Millar’s property into a universe spanning an anthology franchise. The streaming giant set a live-action adaptation of Supercrooks, which will explore the story of Millarworld’s super-villains, as the next installment of the Jupiter’s Legacy saga.

Netflix bought Millarworld in 2017 in the company’s first acquisition.

Bringing up the rear on Nielsen’s list, The Woman in the Window drew 500 million minutes of viewing, edging The Mitchells Vs.

The Toon Squad is back in the latest trailer for Space Jam: A New Legacy that shows off more of the story and humor to expect. As promised, today brings a fresh trailer for the new Space Jam movie, and it puts the focus firmly on the cartoons and jokes (where it should be). Not […]

The post Time to Get Looney in Latest Space Jam: A New Legacy Trailer appeared first on Cinelinx | Movies. Games. Geek Culture..

Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, the hit musical revue originally directed and choreographed by the legendary Fosse that ran on Broadway from 1978 to 1982, is planning a return: Producer Joey Parnes announced today that he’ll bring a revival, directed by Wayne Cilento, to Broadway in the 2022-23 season.

“Bob Fosse created the original production as a tribute to dance, but we are approaching this production as a celebration of Bob himself – both the person and the artist,” said Cilento, who was featured in the original company. “We plan on delivering a Dancin’ that is every bit as eclectic and uplifting as the original, full of all its inherent edginess, but is also relevant to our current era.

“Every creative decision will be made through that lens to meet this moment,” Cilento continued, “from our casting of a new generation of principal dancers that reflects the vibrancy of our city to our...

Jupiter's Legacy will not be returning to Netflix for a second season, it has been announced.

Deadline is reporting that the series has been canceled, and the cast has all been released.

The news comes less than a month after the premiere of the opening season of the adaptation of Mark Millar and Frank Quitely's graphic novels.

While Jupiter's Legacy is very much dead, a spinoff titled Supercrooks is in the works.

The series focuses on super villains and will take place in the same universe as the canceled series, so that's a positive, we guess.

Supercrooks centers on a “ragtag gang of super-villains, con-artists, petty thieves and leg-breakers who all band together for the heist of the century and the most outrageous crime story you’ve ever seen in your life," reads the logline.

"Crime pays and they’re going to prove it. Some people just want to...

Exclusive: Netflix is turning Mark Millar’s Jupiter’s Legacy series into a universe spanning an anthology franchise. The streamer has set a live-action adaptation of Supercrooks, which delves into the story of Millarworld’s super-villains, as the next installment of the Jupiter’s Legacy saga.

Meanwhile, Jupiter’s Legacy will not continue as an ongoing series. With Netflix and Millar going in a different creative direction with the IP and the talent options soon expiring, the streamer has opted to let the high-profile cast — led by Josh Duhamel, Leslie Bibb and Ben Daniels — out of their commitments to the show.

“We’re confident we’ll return to it later,” Millar said of Jupiter’s Legacy, which could come back in a different iteration, sources said.

Netflix has an anime series adaptation of Supercrooks, the superpowered heist comic about eight supervillains written by Millar and drawn by Leinil Francis Yu, which will be released later this year.

This article is presented by Netflix.

By now, you probably already know that we have a quarterly print magazine. A quarterly print mag that has a new issue dropping on April 27 with an action-packed and star-studded The Suicide Squad cover story. But did you know that our subscribers and the thousands of fans picking up Den of Geek in one of the 106 independent comic shops across the United States will also get a bonus issue of Den of Geek, polybagged with our regular issue?

It’s true! In paid partnership with Netflix, we’re also taking you behind-the-scenes of Jupiter’s Legacy in a special 32-page magazine that gives you an insider’s look at your next streaming superhero TV obsession. Den of Geek Special Edition: Jupiter’s Legacy is an “everything you need to know” guide to this massive superhero epic, tracing its life from its genesis as a comic book...

LA-based Premiere Entertainment Group’s (Peg) Randy Couture heist thriller Blowback has wrapped production ahead of a sales launch at the virtual Cannes Marché in June.

Six-time UFC champion Couture (The Expendables franchise; The Scorpion King 2) stars alongside Cam Gigandet (Twilight franchise; Priest) in the story of Nick (Gigandet) who goes after Jack (Couture) after he is betrayed during a Las Vegas heist.

Rounding out the cast are Louis Mandylor, Michele Plaia, Rafael Cabrera, and William McNamara. Production took place entirely in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tibor Takács (The Gate; Lies & Illusions) directed from an original screenplay written by Kevin Yarris,...

WarnerMedia has set up two Chinese-language series that will debut later this year. Period drama series “Legacy” hails from mainland China, while crime drama “Trinity of Shadows” is a three-way venture involving partners from Taiwan and Hong Kong.

“Legacy” is a 1920s-set drama that chronicles the lives of the wealthy Yi family and three sisters who vie to inherit their father’s shopping mall business. In a time of upheaval and uncertainty, the three sisters set aside their differences to keep the business afloat and save their family.

Zheng Yu, director of the smash hit series “Yanxi Place,” is credited as creator of the show which is produced by Huan Yu Entertainment.

Together, they have re-assembled several key cast from “Yanxi Palace” including Qin Lan, Wu Jinyan and Yuan Nie. The series also stars Han Geng (“Ex-Files”), Liu Jun (“All is Well”), Miao Pu (“The Rise of the Tang Empire...

Legacy involves talent from Story Of Yanxi Palace, while Trinity Of Shadows is co-produced with Taiwan’s Catchplay and Hong Kong’s Viu.

WarnerMedia has unveiled two new HBO Asia original series, both Chinese-language productions – Legacy and Trinity Of Shadows – at the ongoing virtual Apos conference.

Legacy involves several talents from popular Chinese drama, Story Of Yanxi Palace, while Trinity Of Shadows is a co-production with Taiwan’s Catchplay and Hong Kong’s Viu TV.

Set in the 1920s, Legacy revolves around a wealthy family and its three sisters who vie to inherit their father’s shopping mall business.

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WarnerMedia unveiled a pair of Chinese-language original series for HBO Tuesday during the first day of Apos, Asia’s leading media and entertainment industry summit. The shows include period drama Legacy, created by the same team behind the blockbuster Chinese series Story of Yanxi Palace, and contemporary noir drama Trinity of Shadows, which is a co-production with Taiwanese streaming service CatchPlay.

Set in 1920s China, Legacy chronicles the lives of the wealthy Yi family and its three sisters who vie to inherit their father’s business empire. In a time of upheaval and uncertainty, the three sisters set aside their differences to keep the business ...

WarnerMedia unveiled a pair of Chinese-language original series for HBO Tuesday during the first day of Apos, Asia’s leading media and entertainment industry summit. The shows include period drama Legacy, created by the same team behind the blockbuster Chinese series Story of Yanxi Palace, and contemporary noir drama Trinity of Shadows, which is a co-production with Taiwanese streaming service CatchPlay.

Set in 1920s China, Legacy chronicles the lives of the wealthy Yi family and its three sisters who vie to inherit their father’s business empire. In a time of upheaval and uncertainty, the three sisters set aside their differences to keep the business ...

Viewers could be in for a visual treat when two stars like Akshaye Khanna and Raveena Tandon clash as rivals on screen for the first time in Vijay Gutte’s ‘Legacy’.

Being mounted on a monumental scale for a global audience, the exciting drama series would be shot across multiple countries bringing to screen the feud between the characters being portrayed by these two stars.

Directed by Vijay Gutte, known for his critically acclaimed venture ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’, ‘Legacy’ marks the filmmaker’s maiden outing on the Ott space, and the director’s second association with Akshaye Khanna.

Talking about the project, Akshaye Khanna shares, “It is refreshing to work on content that challenges our boundaries as an industry as a whole. Given the massive scale of the show, we are cognizant of the immense responsibility to deliver our bests to create a content piece the audience looks forward to.

Rusty Young, the cofounder of Poco and only member to last though its entire five-decade history, died Wednesday at 75 of a heart attack at his Davisville, Missouri home, a representative confirmed.

“I just received word that my friend Rusty Young has passed away and crossed that line into eternity,” cofounder Richie Furay said in a statement. “My heart is saddened; he was a dear and longtime friend who help me pioneer and create a new Southern California musical sound called ‘country rock.’ He was an innovator on the steel guitar and carried the name Poco on for more than 50 years. Our friendship was real and he will be deeply missed. My prayers are with his wife, Mary, and his children Sara and Will.”

Poco and Young continued to tour through March 2020, finally derailed by the pandemic. The group was formed in 1968 by Young and ex-Buffalo Springfield members Furay and Jim Messina.

It’s never easy to say goodbye to a beloved character. But the festive funeral in Part 3 of Netflix’s Family Reunion certainly helped soften the blow.

Arguably the most touching of the eight new installments when the sitcom returned Monday, Episode 7 (titled “Remember When the Glass Passed?”) focuses on the sudden and unexpected death of Principal Glass (guest star Mark Curry) and how it impacts each of the McKellan kids.

More from TVLineFamily Reunion: Tia and Tahj Mowry Reunite in Part 3 Sneak PeekTo All the Boys Spinoff Series About Kitty in the Works at NetflixJupiter's Legacy Trailer: Josh Duhamel...

Seven months after inking a multi-year deal with Netflix, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have unveiled the docuseries Heart of Invictus as the first project under that pact.

Heart of Invictus, which hails from Oscar winners Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara (The White Helmets), will follow a group of extraordinary competitors from around the globe — all service members who have suffered life-changing injuries or illnesses — on their road to the Invictus Games The Hague 2020, an international event that features nine total sports.

More from TVLineWhy Meghan Markle & Prince Harry Won't Be Covered on The CrownBuckingham Palace Responds to Meghan and Harry Interview,...

Emmy winner Zendaya has joined the cast of Space Jam: A New Legacy, in the role of Lola Bunny.

First reported by Entertainment Weekly, the news follows this morning’s unveiling of the film’s first official trailer.

“@Zendaya is joining @kingjames and the #TuneSquad as the voice of #LolaBunny in @SpaceJamMovie!” the publication tweeted, with the film’s official Twitter page tweeting welcoming Zendaya to “the Jam.”

Welcome to the Jam, @Zendaya...

“The Mandalorian” led all television and film projects with 13 nominations for the 19th annual Ves Awards, the Visual Effects Society announced on Tuesday. The Disney+ series scored multiple nominations in several categories, including three of the four noms for Outstanding Compositing in an Episode.

HBO’s “Lovecraft Country” finished a distant second in the television categories with four nominations, while Pixar’s “Soul” landed five to lead all films.

Among live-action features, “Mulan,” “Project Power” and “The Witches” led with three nominations each. In the Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature category, the Ves category that most closely corresponds to the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, the nominees were “Jingle-Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” “The Midnight Sky,” “Project Power,” “Tenet” and “The Witches.”

The film nominations reinforced what a strange year 2020 was, with the kind of large-scale, effects-driven films that often do well at the box office and in VFX...

Resetera, one of the internet’s largest video game forums, banned all promotional material for Avalanche Studios’ upcoming “Hogwarts Legacy” following reports that one of the game’s lead designers previously created YouTube videos praising Gamergate.

Freelance journalist Liam Robertson tweeted screenshots of Avalanche Studios lead designer Troy Leavitt’s YouTube account on February 19 that showcased videos with titles such as “The Injustice of Social Justice,” “In Praise of Cultural Appropriation,” and “In Defense of John Lasseter,” a former Pixar executive who left the company in 2018 following sexual misconduct allegations. Leavitt’s comments on social media, combined with “Harry Potter” creator J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans comments on social media, incentivized Resetera to ban all promotinal material regarding the upcoming video game.

“This is the first time we’ve done something like this, and we consider this a very exceptional case,” Hecht, a Resetera administrator, said in a Tuesday statement on the forum.

We came for The Mandalorian, stuck around for WandaVision, and, as we wait for The Falcon and Winter Soldier and Loki to arrive, there’s now a huge pile of new catalogue additions to work through, courtesy of Disney Plus’ Star brand.

Star launched on the Disney Plus streaming service in territories outside of the US (where Disney already has a home for adult drama in Hulu) on the 23rd of February. It’s added over 75 TV shows and 280 feature films here in the UK, including the entirety of Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, Glee, Prison Break, Sons of Anarchy and Scrubs as well as cult favourites Firefly, Flashforward, Terriers and more. There are also some UK debuts in the form of the Star Originals listed below.

Film-wise, there’s ample reason to go back to the 90s in the form of Arachnophobia, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,...

Queen Latifah’s take on “The Equalizer” landed 20.4 million total viewers immediately following CBS’ Super Bowl Lv. That is 14% smaller than the post-Super Bowl audience for last year’s episode of “The Masked Singer” on Fox.

“The Equalizer,” which started at 10:39 p.m. Et, had a 5.1 rating among adults 18-49.

The 2021 big game itself, a one-sided contest dominated by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, drew 96.4 million total viewers across a bunch of platforms. That tally, which fairly or unfairly (in a Covid year) includes out-of-home (Ooh) viewing, was down 15% from 2020’s Super Bowl Liv and is the smallest audience for a Super Bowl since 2007.

Last year’s Super Bowl, which aired on Fox, initially tallied 102 million total viewers across Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox’s, the NFL’s and Verizon’s digital properties. Fox’s broadcast channel hauled in 99.9 million of that 102 million total as the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers.

"I have never been loved by anyone the way that you have loved me, and I am so sorry that I haven't known how to love you back." Zoe Lister-Jones utters this beautiful line with such emotion, you might expect it to be part of a dashing romantic monologue. The reality is much better and more heart-wrenching. In How It Ends - which premiered at the virtual Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 29 - Lister-Jones's Liza explores her insecurities at the end of the world with her metaphysical younger self, played by Cailee Spaeny, by her side.

"We were living it as we were performing it."

Lister-Jones and her husband (and frequent creative partner), Daryl Wein, cooked up the apocalyptic project at the beginning of Covid-19 shelter-in-place. Although the film makes no mention of the pandemic, Lister-Jones told Popsugar the real-life parallels were intentional. "We were living it as we were performing it,...

Femi Kuti rails against oppression and corruption on his new single “As We Struggle Everyday,” a track from his upcoming album Stop the Hate, one of two releases the Nigerian musician will drop on February 5th.

“‘As We Struggle Everyday’ is about how hard people work every day to make ends meet and still go to vote corrupt politicians into power who are meant to be in jail,” said Kuti, the oldest son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti.

The track is the latest offering from Stop the Hate, which is...

Disney’s extensive portfolio of properties gives them access to some of the biggest and most beloved franchises in Hollywood, an incredibly deep roster of brands that only got bigger when the Mouse House assumed control of the 20th Century Fox library, but the studio are adamant that come hell or high water, Tron eventually launches a multi-film series.

Jared Leto is currently in training to throw on the skintight leotard for next installment Ares, and by the time the movie hits theaters, it’ll mark just the third feature-length outing in a franchise that started almost 40 years ago. The cult classic original hardly set the box office alight in 1982, but gained a following thanks to the intricate worldbuilding and innovative visual effects, while Joseph Kosinski’s Legacy did a decent $400 million globally, but didn’t turn enough of a profit to justify a sequel.

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On December 11, Broadway Records will release Legacy, a collection of two previously unheard song cycles by the award-winning composing duo Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. One of the song cycles, A Boy With A Camera, was inspired by photographs taken in the 40s and 50s by Ahrenss father, and is a celebration of New York City itself. This piecewas recorded in November 2004 with Sarah Uriarte Berry and Steven Pasquale, with Steve Marzullo at the piano. Listen below as we give you a sneak peek of 'Rising City' performed by Pasquale.

Exclusive: The Goldbergs‘ Hayley Orrantia is partnering with Cineflix Productions on Legacy Builds (working title) a new home renovation docuseries starring the sitcom star and her family.

Orrantia, best known for her role as Erica Goldberg on ABC’s hit series The Goldbergs, has a side business. She’s also boss of her family’s home construction business.

Set in Nashville, Legacy Builds (wt) will follow the actress and her extended family as they navigate family dynamics, their clients’ real estate dreams, and on-site surprises to reimagine and renovate spectacular homes that are guaranteed to stand the test of time.

The series features Hayley’s father Dan, a savvy and quick-witted real estate investor responsible for project management; hardworking mom and real estate agent Melody who’s always on the lookout for hot properties; fun-loving Uncle Peter who’s an expert woodworker and on-site foreman; cousin and master architect Matt...

The Toon Squad are back for Space Jam: A New Legacy, a sequel to the hit 90s Looney Tunes/basketball mashup that’s been 25 years in the making. This time, LeBron James is filling in for Michael Jordan as the NBA star who teams up with the classic animated characters when they’re in trouble and while Warner Bros. hasn’t revealed a whole lot about the movie so far, James has now given us our first plot details.

The athlete appeared on a recent episode of Road Trippin’ and opened up about the pic, stressing that we shouldn’t be thinking of A New Legacy as just Space Jam 2. That said, it’ll still broadly follow the same premise as the original.

“It’s not a sequel,” James clarified. “It’s called Space Jam: A New Legacy, it’s not called Space Jam 2. There will be a basketball game,...

De-aging technology has come a long way over the last decade, but it’s still very inconsistent and far from being perfected. Captain Marvel‘s younger Nick Fury was almost flawless and Captain America: Civil War‘s youthful Tony Stark wasn’t bad, but Temuera Morrison looked like a wax model of himself in Aquaman‘s prologue, while Gemini Man‘s Junior was perfectly acceptable until he was required to do anything other than remain perfectly still.

The most egregious example that definitively proved the tech wasn’t ready to become an integral part of blockbuster filmmaking, though, came in Tron: Legacy, where a great deal of the narrative focused on a de-aged Jeff Bridges as the villainous Clu. As a sci-fi epic set in a digital world, you can just about let it slide without having the distracting character ruin your immersion in the movie, but at some points,...

So far, Jared Leto and big budget blockbusters haven’t been a great mix. Suicide Squad was a huge hit financially, but his Joker wasn’t particularly well received, something that Zack Snyder’s Justice League will be looking to remedy. He also had a substantial role in Oliver Stone’s box office disaster Alexander and played the villain in critically acclaimed but commercially disappointing Blade Runner 2049, while the jury is still very much out on the Spumc’s Morbius.

The 48 year-old will be remaining in the studio system for at least a little longer, though, after signing on to star in Disney’s latest stab at Tron. The sci-fi franchise is a strange case, one that has a loyal and dedicated fanbase without ever really managing to win over general audiences. The 1982 original was undeniably groundbreaking but a modest financial success, and 28 years later, Legacy pulled in $400 million...

When Disney completed their takeover of Fox, they acquired a number of potentially lucrative properties, although many of them sit firmly outside of the company’s family-friendly wheelhouse. After all, while most of the focus was immediately placed on Marvel Studios being handed the rights to the X-Men, Deadpool and Fantastic Four, the Mouse House also picked up some huge money-spinning franchises that appeal to more mature audiences, like Alien and Predator.

Of course, Disney Plus has already added the majority of Fox’s superhero blockbusters, but there are still some glaring exceptions, such as Logan. That’s hardly a surprise when the platform isn’t exactly designed for violent and foul-mouthed genre movies, and as you’re surely aware of, there are currently no R-rated titles to be found in the vast content library at all.

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Movie icon Sean Connery, who died today at the age of 90, is famous for his roles as tough Irish cop Jim Malone in The Untouchables, which earned him an Oscar, and Indy’s wisecracking father Henry Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. But above all, Connery will always be remembered as the original James Bond who helped launch the most successful movie franchise in history, headed into its seventh decade.

Connery starred in seven James Bond films, Dr No (1962), From Russia With Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and Never Say Never Again (1983). Following the news of his passing, the 007 movie franchise’s producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli mourned Connery’s death, joined by current James Bond, Daniel Craig, former Bond Pierce Brosnan and the family of the late 007 star Roger Moore.

“He defined an era and a style,” Craig said of Connery.